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Summary:After three lighthouse keepers arrive for work on a remote Scottish isle, they make a fateful discovery: a wrecked rowboat—with a chest full of gold. As a mysterious boat heads toward the island, the three men make a choice that will change their lives forever, ensnaring them in a web of greed, paranoia, and murder.

The Vanishing is surprisingly good, it tells a sad twisted story with a great deal of mastery, the plot is straightforward but it's actualized with breathtaking performances by everyone in the film, it has this deep eerie and dark feeling to it that adds this gripping factor as we watchThe Vanishing is surprisingly good, it tells a sad twisted story with a great deal of mastery, the plot is straightforward but it's actualized with breathtaking performances by everyone in the film, it has this deep eerie and dark feeling to it that adds this gripping factor as we watch dramatic events unfold in front of us, granted, that it has some structural problems with its narrative but the end product is so captivating you just can't take your eyes off it.The slow burn storytelling adds a great deal of suspense as we ourself examine and analyze what could happen, what I also loved is that through the film itself is dealing with a moral problem as its characters struggle to cope with their new situations, it is really beautiful to watch.The Vanishing does its story justice as we're offered a chilling narrative that doesn't disappoint at all, an all-around great effort.…Expand

There's nothing extraordinary but this is a quite solid and quite entertaining suspense film and maybe yes, my expectations were low at first but in all honesty, this is one of those times when I get my mouth shut.

The intensity of the plot climaxes towards the middle of the movie but then decides to slowly deflate into a very unsatisfying and mediocre end.

The main issue is that the entire plot is based on the characters non-sensical and poorly thought out decision making. Every consequence thatThe intensity of the plot climaxes towards the middle of the movie but then decides to slowly deflate into a very unsatisfying and mediocre end.

The main issue is that the entire plot is based on the characters non-sensical and poorly thought out decision making. Every consequence that spurred from their choices was so avoidable it leaves the viewer with a bit of annoying frustration.

It's really average. Good cast, good acting but the extremely mediocre plot and ending just ruins the entire movie.…Expand